Page 14 of Billionaire Unbroken - Asher
For some reason, it annoyed me to think about Sierra not having everything she wanted or needed.
I had no idea why that pissed me off.
It wasn’t like I knew much about her in the first place.
She was my housekeeper.
When we were in the same space, we didn’t exactly communicate.
The woman could chatter endlessly about various subjects.
I’d ignored it at first.
But slowly…I’d started to listen.
Unfortunately, that hadn’t gained me any real personal knowledge about her. She didn’t talk about her life, her home, or her family.
Yeah, I knew her last name, her address, her phone number, and everything else necessary for her to get paid.
Other than that, she’d shared nothing personal until she’d mentioned her mother today.
“You look like you’re in another world,” Cole mentioned. “Are you doing okay? This last month has been crazy.”
“I’m glad that the wedding is over,” I said bluntly.
I knew my brother wouldn’t take offense. He knew how I felt about social events.
He grinned. “I’m sure you are. And you didn’t answer my question about whether or not you’re okay.”
“I’m fine,” I answered.
Cole let out a long breath. “You always say that, but you seem more uptight than usual. It means a lot to me that you stood up for me, but I hate seeing you uncomfortable.”
“I’ll live,” I said drily. “I’ll have plenty of alone time while you’re gone on your honeymoon.”
“You’ll have Sierra around,” he pointed out.
“I’m used to her being around,” I confessed. “I was just thinking about the fact that I barely know her, and she’s worked for me for months now.”
He shot me a questioning glance. “Did it ever occur to you that she’s probably not going to share anything about herself because you don’t cough up any personal information? You’re her employer, Asher. She probably doesn’t feel comfortable spilling anything about herself because you don’t. If you want to know more, you’ll probably have to ask questions. That’s the normal way people learn things about each other.”
I probably shouldn’t have said a word to Cole about Sierra not sharing anything personal.
He may not be able to read me as well as I’d learned to read him, but there wasn’t another soul on Earth who knew me as well as my little brother.
We had shared our shitty childhood together, so we’d shared a few of the same issues until Lauren had come into Cole’s life.
“I don’t really need to get to know her,” I said, hoping he’d just drop the subject I hadn’t meant to bring up in the first place. “She works for me, and she does a decent job. That’s all I really need to know.”
Cole scrutinized me carefully before he answered. “Something tells me that you don’t really feel that way. I think you want to know more about Sierra. Hell, why don’t you just talk to her, Asher?”
“I don’t talk to anyone,” I grumbled.
Cole grinned. “That doesn’t mean you can’t start. I see Sierra and Lauren headed our way. I told you that they were together chatting somewhere.”
I couldn’t seem to stop myself from turning my head and looking for Sierra.
She was walking at Lauren’s side, laughing at something that my sister-in-law had just said.
